Fastening-clip.



'CHARLES W. BECK, or DETROIT, Mrunrsan;

CORPORATION, A CoRronArroN or MICHIGAN. f-

assrG-Non' THE BECK-FROST FASTENING-CLIP. L

Maag-ira. l

Specification of Letters Patent. "Patented J 8, i915.

Applieation l'ed July 21, 1913. Serial Ito. 780,107.

To all Whom it inf/.y concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. BECK, .a citizen of the United State-s of America, re-` siding at' Detroit, in the county of-XVayue andbtate of Michigan, hareinrent'ed cer. tain neu* and useful `improvements in Fastoning-Clips, of WliiclrtheA following is a specification.

' This invention relates to fastening clips for the ends of insulated, current-carrying Wires, and has for its'object an improved def vice of this kind adapted especially for the firm though easily detachable connection of a Wire end to some such terminal as the stem of a spark-plug.'

In the drawings.: of va clip' memberV end of an adjacent cableend.' Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation ofthe clip' andcabiefend along-the line. 22 of Fig. l. Fig. '3- is a perspective of theclip in position on acable-end.

. A represents a'cabl e, through which passes the 'current Wire B, which extends beyond the endof the insulation, as 'shown -particw larly in Fig. .2. The clip member, which en' gages about the end of the cable A,.consists of a sleeve or'cylindrical portionC, from.

one part ofwhich projects the tongue D which is .bentto a transverse position with respect to the Walls of the sleeve C and to the central axis of the cable A, so as 4to engage across the end thereof. 'In the tongue D is a hole E, through which engages the exposed or stripped end of the Wire B, being preferably either headed or soldered thereto, as at F. The tongue, after traversing practically the diameter of the cable and of the cylindrical portion C, is again -bent so that its portion G is substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the clip and o the cable, and fromA and over 'each lateral 'edge thereof rise branches H, Whose edges almost vmeet over the center ofthe portion G and outwardly therefrom. Each branch consists of a lstraight'portion J -and a curved or stem-'engaging portion -K, and the branches being oppositely arranged as regards theirV curved portions K, a circular space L is nearly inclosed between them, to which ac- V member extending from one side thereof cess is had through the entrance M, which is a taperingone, formed/by the oppositely inclined edges Nef-the curved portions K of the clip. The distance between thetujo nearest corresponding points Q, of these inclined.. edges is sutlieiently less than the Figure l' is a plana/ieu74 when the edges N are forced labout and against such a terminal as fa binding-,post

stem .the branches J .arefforced slightly farther apart, and permit the binding post stem to. slip past these points -or .shoulders Q intov the round space L, there to be held by the. resiliency of the several parts of the cli-p,

including the curved or'bent-oier lrisers H,

from one edgethereof transversely. of the axis ofthebody portion, and of the Wire4 with vWhichv it is adapted to. be connected, a pair of resilient branches rising over the end of said tongue member-to a plane nearer the extended central axis of said tubular body portlon, with their outer portions extending in'pa-rallel relation. to the extended axis of saidt-ubular. body portion, the oppositely located edges of said resilient branches 'beingI adapted to'fengage aboutfan interposedstem to ,a degiee/suiicient to resist unintended disconnection therefrom. i

,2. vA fastening clip, comprising a body portion 'adapted to engage about'the end of an insulated Wire, a tongue portion extend -ingfroin one side of said body portion trans-3 versely' of the axis thereof, to' which the`ex` vposed' 'wire end is adapted to be connected, and a pair'of resilient jawmembers rising over the end/ portion ofsaid tonguemem,

ber toward the axis of thewire, their outer portionsfextending in a direction parallel with the axis of tlie` wire and 'having theifi. oppositely disposed end portions angular-lj inclined toward one anotherfor resilient 0.1i-,

gage-ment about 'an interposed stem.

.In a `fasten1ng clip. 'the combination.

` with a tubular base portion adapted to engage .about theend of a cable. ofja tongue across the cnd'o.F tlieCableeju'itlr whose wire it'isadapted to be'connected a pair of resilient branches rising orer llie end of .said tongue member and extending'out-wardl)v in a plane nearer than the extreme end of said diameter of thel circular space. L so 'that los y tongue member to the extended axis of said branches ljust within said inclined edge portions, substantially as described.

4. In a fastening clip, in combination with a body` portion adapted `to engage closely aboutthe end lof a cable, a tonguemember projecting therefrom across the end of the cable, with which the `Wire Within the .cable is adapted to be connected, and aopair of resilient branch members rising over the end of said tongue member toward' the extended axis of said body portion, and extending thence in a plane parallel therewith, the op-v posed outer edges of said branch members being adapted to be forced against and about an interposed stem to effect resilient engagement therewith when the stem has been forced to the limit of its possible travel therebetween.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature y in presence of two witnesses.

' CHAS. W. BECK. Witnesses:

JEFFERSON G. THRBER, WrLLIAM M. SWAN. 

